spontaneity - Saturday, May 21 2005
wrestled w/ my guitar strings today...and lost. dammit, i change these things like maybe once a year. i really should try n write down how to do it so i don't have to start again from scratch each time. O_o
so, b/c i was such a genius, i forgot to leave some slack in the string before i started winding 'em up, and subsequently snapped the G-string (that wasn't intentional btw). so, seeing as how i was going out neway, i decided to take a slight detour & dropped by downtown to pick up some new strings.
the 50% off books were calling out to me, n i picked up an intermediate flute book. hey, we got an old flute sitting at home that my sister used to play when she was in like grade 5 n it's just rotting away, so i figure why not try n learn right? yeh...so i grabbed my strings, my flute book, then went n sat in the sun n had some 99-cent pizza on Seymour st.
then i went home n had gi-normous mushrooms for dinner:
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they were huge
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...must be "magic"...
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...or mutant?
they were gigantically delicious. now if only we'd had steak to match!
Sunday, May 22 2005
visited dirty gook's new apartment in Yaletown; studio-living doesn't seem so bad, looks like an interesting investment opportunity too. after checking out the place (mostly the kitchen) & downing 3 mini-pizzas we got down to business n started jamming away; him on his guitar, n me pounding out some riffs on the keyboard n filling in some 2nd guitar every now n then. went through some good ideas, then went to the local Blenz for a break afterwards (to see if we might catch a glimpse of the local "wildlife" he keeps telling me about). lofts/studios eh? hmmm...something to think about...
as for my flute-playing progress, i'm proud to say i've managed to spit out a C+ scale, frere jacques, silent night, and some chinese folk song. not bad for just a few hours! and for those that think the flute's a "sissy/girly" instrument, don't judge before you've tried it. my left thumb's still killing me from holding that thing up, n my right shoulder all cramped too! O_o
superheroes @ Rona - Monday (Victoria Day), May 23 2005
crappy weather, guess it's a good thing i didn't sign up for that triathlon over on the North Shore today. ah well, more time to train. went for a swim @ Bonsor, haven't gone in a while so i thought i should try out 750m in a pool n try to estimate how i'd do in the opening leg of a sprint triathlon. both good & bad conclusions: seemed to cover the distance faster than i thought i would, but it was a lot more tiring than i thought it'd be. sooo, this means....?? (i need to swim more) O_o
summer finally decided to show it's face in the late afternoon, helped pop go to Rona to pick up 24 garden logs for the backyard project they've been working on. so i'm wearing my $10 Batman shirt when we pull into the parking lot @ Rona; and we bumped into Superman, and Batgirl while we were there. what a small universe...
*random: ma always told me not to play with my food...
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...but i just never listen. =P